{"id":442909,"date":"2022-04-14T00:35:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T07:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=442909"},"modified":"2022-04-14T00:35:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T07:35:39","slug":"aljamain-sterling-requests-a-sit-down-with-dana-white-following-callout-from-jose-aldo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-requests-a-sit-down-with-dana-white-following-callout-from-jose-aldo\/","title":{"rendered":"Aljamain Sterling requests a sit down with Dana White following callout from Jose Aldo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling has teased a showdown with Jose Aldo following the latter&#8217;s callout.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday night at UFC 273, Aljamain Sterling shocked the world by grinding out <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/pros-react-after-aljamain-sterling-defeats-petr-yan-at-ufc-273\/\">a split decision win<\/a> over rival Petr Yan. While some did score the fight for &#8220;No Mercy&#8221;, nobody can deny that &#8220;Funk Master&#8221; performed above and beyond what many had expected of him.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Sterling is expected to move on from his rivalry with Yan in the name of pursuing fresh challenges at 135 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/funkmastermma\/status\/1514420829362311168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the following exchange<\/a>, the legend that is Jose Aldo may well be on his radar.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> Hey man, when are we having a sit down? We clearly have a lot to discuss\u2026<\/p>\n<p>PS: Go watch the first round again. You are WRONG!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrenHodak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OrenHodak<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vaynersports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vaynersports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qNs7FySBtr\">https:\/\/t.co\/qNs7FySBtr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/funkmasterMMA\/status\/1514420829362311168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aldo: &#8220;@funkmasterMMA u said I would be next on merit and I\u2019m here accepting your challenge, @danawhite send me the contract soon before he changes his mind!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sterling: &#8220;@danawhite Hey man, when are we having a sit down? We clearly have a lot to discuss\u2026 PS: Go watch the first round again. You are WRONG! @OrenHodak @vaynersports&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Aldo has already fought and lost to Petr Yan in pursuit of the bantamweight crown, he&#8217;s gone on a three-fight win streak recently to reaffirm his status as one of the best in the game.<\/p>\n<p>His triumphs over Marlon Vera, Pedro Munhoz and Rob Font proved that he&#8217;s still elite, and Sterling seems pretty keen to test himself against the Brazilian.<\/p>\n<p><em>Who would you favour to win in a title match-up between Aljamain Sterling and Jose Aldo?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling has teased a showdown with Jose Aldo following the latter&#8217;s callout. Last Saturday night at UFC 273, Aljamain Sterling shocked the world by grinding out a split decision win over rival Petr Yan. While some did score the fight for &#8220;No Mercy&#8221;, nobody can deny that &#8220;Funk Master&#8221; performed above [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":393672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10163,10112,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aljamain Sterling teases fight with Jose Aldo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling has teased a showdown with Jose Aldo following the latter&#039;s callout.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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